Gaming Charterhouse

The monastery was founded in 1330 by Albert II, Duke of Austria, who intended it as a dynastic burial place.

The first community, from Mauerbach Charterhouse in Vienna, comprised a double complement, under a prior, of 24 monks rather than the usual 12, and the scale of the buildings from the beginning reflected the monastery's size.

Gaming Charterhouse received extremely generous endowments from its founder, including much surrounding land in the valley of the Erlauf, and the town and market of Scheibbs.

In 1797 the bodies of the founder, his wife and daughter-in-law were removed to the parish church of Gaming,[2] and in 1825 the monastery and estate, including large areas of forest, passed into private ownership.

In 1983 the monastery premises, but not the remaining estates, were bought by an Austrian architect, Walter Hildebrand, who has since worked on the restoration.